We’re on the hunt

Could you help shape the future of the Scheme?

Being a Trustee Director is more than a seat at the table; it’s a say in what comes next for all members of the John Lewis Partnership Trust for Pensions.

If you’re calm, curious and have a good eye for detail, you could be what we’re looking for.

You don’t need to be a pensions expert to apply. You’ll just need to bring your experience, perspective and steady thinking.

We’ll be looking for current Partners or pensioners with a keen interest in helping to run the Scheme in line with the best interests of the members who are part of it.

As a Trustee Director you’ll:

  • work in the best interest of all beneficiaries of the scheme (people who are due to be paid out of the Scheme)
  • commit the time to do a good job and to be able to manage the demands of being a Trustee Director with your Partnership role (if applicable)
  • be able and eager to develop knowledge and keep up to date with pension developments
  • work effectively as a team with other Trustee Directors, Partners, and external advisers

If this sounds like something you’re interested in and you think you could be a fit for the Trustee Director role, fly over to You & Your Scheme Trustee.

You can also find information in the Pensioner Connections magazine and through internal Partnership Updates on the Partnership’s Elections Hub.

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Defined Benefit

You’re likely to be a member of the DB Section of the Scheme if you worked at the Partnership before 1 April 2015. XPS is the administrator of the DB Section.

The DB Section closed on 1 April 2020 and therefore members who joined the Partnership after 1 April 2015 will only have a Defined Contribution pension pot.

Defined Contribution

This is where you can find information about your current pension if you’re a Partner now, or were a Partner after 1 April 2015. The Defined Contribution pages are probably the most important for you.

Members who joined the Partnership before 1 April 2015 may also hold DC pension pots with Prudential or Legal and General, as well as a Defined Benefit Pension in the Scheme. We previously referred to this as Hybrid or Dual Benefit. This is because you may have joined the DC Section of the Scheme when you started working at the Partnership and then, after a defined waiting period (which depends on the date you joined the Partnership), you would have become eligible to join the DB Section.

The DB Section closed on 1 April 2020 and therefore members who joined after 1 April 2015 will only have a DC Section pension pot.